On Monday morning, while Xia Zekai was still busy dressing them both at home, he received a call from his cousin Zhao Yan.
"Brother Kai, when are you free? My brother Zhao Ting is here and wants to treat you to a meal together." Zhao Yan said this.
When Xia Zekai heard that his cousin was coming, he said, "Sure, I'm free anytime. Just look at the other people. Just tell me the time you've set."
"Okay, Brother Kai, then you wait for my call."
When Zhao Yan wanted to hang up, Xia Zekai asked her: "Yanyan, how is Lao Qi's business now? Has the situation improved?"
He spent every day last week in the store watching the renovation progress, and then he became busy with all kinds of things and had no energy to pay attention to Qi Lixin's situation anymore.
Hearing his question, Zhao Yan said happily: "Brother Kai, thank you so much. Really, if Lao Qi is good now, he can earn more than 800 a day, and usually 500 or 600, which is much more than before.
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"Lao Qi and I have also discussed taking the time to visit your house in the past few days. This time, the work is really not in vain, but we can see the money back. Brother, thank you!"
Zhao Yan is truly grateful to his cousin.
Xia Zekai was also very happy for them: "Yeah, as long as you can make money, Yanyan, listen to me, if you two work hard, the future will definitely be better and better."
After he finished speaking, he continued: "Don't come here. Your sister-in-law is at work now, and I'm away from home all day. I can't entertain you when you come, and I'm asking you to go all the way in vain. Why don't you save money?"
It would be great if you spend some money to buy Mengmeng two more books and sign up for a training class."
"Brother Kai, if you keep doing this, I won't recognize you." Zhao Yan started to 'threaten'.
How could Xia Zekai do what she did? He said, "If you don't admit it, just admit it. Who made us deal with such a heartless cousin? That's it. I'm hanging up the phone."
After he finished speaking, he hung up the phone neatly.
"Dad, who's calling?" the girl asked.
"Your Aunt Yan, do you still remember her? She is your sister Mengmeng's mother." Xia Zekai continued to put on socks for them both.
Tongtong said 'hmm', nodded and asked: "Dad, does Aunt Yan want to treat you to something delicious? Can I go?"
"Tongtong, your ears are really good!" Xia Zekai sighed.
The second child's studies have not improved, but she has gone further and further on these side roads.
After sending them to the kindergarten, Xia Zekai said hello to Teacher Shi Rui, and then greeted Wang Deshun, the old security guard of the kindergarten, before walking towards the west gate of Lin Ao Community.
Before he could reach the place, his cousin Zhao Yan called again and told him that it would be tonight, and asked his sister-in-law if she had time to go there.
"Yanyan, your sister-in-law has gone to work. It will be past six o'clock when she comes back, so don't go." Xia Zekai said.
Zhao Yan said "Ouch": "Brother, it doesn't matter morning or evening, we just want to have fun together as a family."
The cousins talked for a while and then ended the call.
Xia Zekai first called his wife Luo Xiyun to prevent her from having any other entertainment in the evening.
Luo Xiyun agreed happily and said he would see if he could come back soon.
In the 'Jingtong Baking' shop, in the baking workshop facing the entrance, a transparent special glass blocks the front, and the air conditioner is turned on inside, so it doesn't feel hot at all.
There were not many customers coming to the door at this time in the morning, and Li Mumu was making rongdou with Man Nana and Guo Ying.
Even though Man Nana was the last one to come over, she was much more skilled at operating it than Guo Yingke.
"Boss, you're here." Li Mumu said hello without stopping his work.
Man Nana and Guo Ying had just focused all their energy on mounting the melted beans in the baking pan. When they heard Li Mumu's greeting, they knew that the boss was coming, and they also said hello.
"Lao Li, just be busy and don't worry about me," Xia Zekai said.
He went up to the second floor again.
The space of more than 100 square meters on the first floor has not been fully utilized, let alone the second floor. Except for a few shelves, everything else is empty.
Xia Zekai rubbed his chin and thought about how to use the second floor.
With a rent of twenty-five thousand yuan a year, it would be terrible to leave it empty like this.
"What should I do?" Xia Zekai thought, having no idea for a moment.
After coming down from the second floor again, Xia Zekai went to wash his hands, changed into a uniform white work uniform, put on a mask, and entered the workroom.
He said: "Old Li, give me a place and I will work for a while."
Guo Ying and Man Nana joined late. During those few days, Li Mumu was running the store by himself. They really didn't know that the boss was working in person, and they were very uncomfortable at this time. Seeing that the boss was very nervous
Skillfully mounting and dissolving beans and preparing condiments, they were all a little dumbfounded, which in turn affected their rhythm.
After about ten minutes, the two of them got used to the boss's presence and began to work hard without daring to be lazy at all.
"Old Li, what suggestions do you have for the second floor?" Xia Zekai asked him while doing this work.
It would be great if Li Mumu could follow along and make good baking. Does he have any advice on business operations?
When the boss asked him for advice, he shook his head directly, but he didn't dare to say anything, lest the boss lose money.
However, Guo Ying was quite lively. She asked: "Boss, we can also turn the second floor into a clothing store, selling only children's clothing. What do you think?"
Xia Zekai shook his head and refused, at least not considering this project yet.
We came here in the morning and worked until noon, with almost no rest in between. Everyone was exhausted.
Li Mumu also habitually brought out the dry food he brought from home. He planned to heat it in the microwave and eat it.
Xia Zekai thought for a while and said: "Lao Li, Xiao Guo, and Sister Man, we are now changing from shot to gun, and we have moved up a level. That's what I think about it. We will make some things regular."
"How about a regular haircut? Do I need to buy insurance?"
Li Mumu thought to himself, Xunsi boss is going to act like a monster again?
Before he could figure out what the boss was crazy about, he heard Xia Zekai say: "In order to facilitate our future management in all aspects, first of all, the store will make unified improvements in the food aspect. Three meals a day will be charged for 15 yuan per person per day."
The standard of the money is that if the three of you put it together and buy some meat, vegetables, stir-fry or something, the food will not be too bad."
"..."
The three people were stunned when they heard what he said. 15 yuan a day is really not low. You must know that a pound of ordinary pork only costs 1 yuan now. When RT-Mart was doing activities, it only cost 7 yuan.
Based on one day off per week, it works out to nearly 400 yuan, which is almost half a month's basic salary.
Li Mumu made some calculations in his mind. If I work full time for a month, the meal allowance alone will be 450 yuan, which is almost half of my salary.
The next moment, he asked: "Boss, let's discuss something."
"you say."
Li Mumu thought about it again and again and asked: "Boss, I still can't get used to eating outside. Can this meal subsidy be paid to us as wages?"
"Stupid, I usually look silent, but I didn't expect that he is very thoughtful..." Xia Zekai laughed and said to him, and finally changed his tone: "If you don't want to eat, just starve, and you will give up automatically."
